The Eternal Spirit in the Daily Round: Meditations for the Modern Mind posthumously published

Introduction

The Dartmouth College Library received The Papers of Frank Carleton Doan in 1996,
the gift of Doan's granddaughter, Ruth Doan MacDougall. It is a small collection,
consisting mainly of sermons written by Doan, a Unitarian minister who summered in
Orford, New Hampshire. The Library has also collected the papers of Doan's son, Daniel
Doan, author of Fifty Hikes in the White Mountains, and the recently published Indian
Stream Republic: Settling a New England Frontier 1785-1842.

Born February 13, 1877 in Nelsonville, Ohio, Frank C. Doan attended Hiram College
for several years, and obtained his Ph. B. degree from Ohio State University in 1898.
He earned his A.M. from Harvard in 1900; he married Isabel Wilson the same year, and
began a four-year professorship in psychology and education at Ohio State University.
Harvard granted him his Ph.D. in 1904, and he became Professor of the Philosophy of
Religion and Systematic Theology at Meadeville Theological College in Meadeville,
Pennsylvania.

Doan left Meadeville in 1913, accepting a pastorate in Summit, New Jersey. He was
ordained as a Unitarian minister in 1914, and subsequently held pastorates in Iowa
City, Iowa, and Rochester, New York. Doan retired from the ministry in 1925, due to
ill health, and moved to Winchester, Massachusetts, where he died in 1927.

The Frank C. Doan collection occupies 7 boxes, or approximately 8 linear feet of shelf
space. The material consists primarily of handwritten sermons, accompanied by abbreviated
“pulpit notes.” Also included in the collection are articles, book manuscripts, pamphlets,
brochures, clippings, correspondence and other materials. The correspondence and clippings
from Doan's last year at Meadeville Theological College are of particular interest;
he resigned because he believed that the president of the college was trying to restrict
his academic freedom.

Frank C. Doan was a pacifist. The small section of materials on pacifism is quite
remarkable for its World War Ipamphlets and brochures. Quite rare today, they run the gamut from the tribulations
of conscientious objectors to the German atrocities in Belgium and France. Doan preached
pacifism from his pulpit, alienating many parishioners. The Unitarian Church trustees
of Summit, New Jersy finally issued a statement upholding Doan's right to freedom
of speech in or out of the pulpit.

There are no restrictions placed on the use of any of the materials in the collection.
However, photocopying will be done at the discretion of Special Collections staff.
Further information concerning Frank Carleton Doan may be found in Special Collections
in Webster Hall.

BOX 1.

Isabel Doan

Isabel Doan - Pacifism

FOLDER : 1.

Letters of condolence on the death of Frank Carleton Doan; 1927, 1929

FOLDER : 2.

Newspaper: Navavidhan (The New Dispensation), Calcutta, India; June 9, 16, July 14, 1927

Meadeville Theological Seminary

FOLDER : 3.

Clippings; photocopies, 1912, undated

FOLDER : 4.

Correspondence; 1911-1913

Ministries

Articles

FOLDER : 5.

Sensitiveness to Human Needs, by Charles E. Beals; in Unity, February 22, 1926

FOLDER : 6.

Teach Us to Pray, by Margaret Stuart Lloyd; in Atlantic Monthly, February 1927, with photocopy

FOLDER : 7.

Youth -- and the World Today: Peace and the Youth Movement, by Mortimer B. Daniels,
and Youth and Religion, by Granville Hicks; in Unity, September 21, 1925

FOLDER : 8.

Youth's Mind and Heart on Religion, author unidentified; in The Christian Register,
October 29, 1925, with photocopy

FOLDER : 9.

Brochure: Annual Reports of the Council Secretary Treasurer, issued by the Unitarian Laymen's League, Boston; 1921

FOLDER : 10.

Clippings; photocopies, 1915, 1925, undated

Correspondence

FOLDER : 11.

1920, 1922, 1925

FOLDER : 12.

1926

FOLDER : 13.

1927

FOLDER : 14.

Undated, unidentified

FOLDER : 15.

Horoscope reading for Frank C. Doan, by Louise Rolfe; holograph, 1925

FOLDER : 16.

Newsletter: The Young People's Religious Union Bulletin, published by Y.P.R.U. Publication Committee, Boston; October 8, 1923

News Releases

FOLDER : 17.

A New Day Dawning: Youth Today Compared With Youth Who Followed Christ Nineteen Centuries
Ago, no attribution; carbon, March 26, 1925

FOLDER : 18.

An Open Letter to Ex-President William Howard Taft, by Frank C. Doan, All Soul's Church, Summit, New Jersey; carbon, photocopy, April 23, 1917

Transcript of a “Circle of Light” meeting, Rochester, New York; carbon, 1923

Pacifism

Articles

FOLDER : 37.

America's Duty Today from the Point of View of a Hospital Doctor, by Richard C. Cabot;
in The Outlook, 1917, with photocopy

FOLDER : 38.

Here Speaks the Loyal American of German Birth: The Plain Duty of Naturalized Citizens
of Teutonic Extraction Convincingly Set Forth, by Frederick L. Hoffman; reprinted from The Sun, Newark, April 2, 1917

FOLDER : 39.

Is the War Promoting Religion or Destroying It?, by R.F. Horton; supplement to Christian
Commonwealth, October 13, 1915

National Council for Prevention of War Bulletin; September 6, October 6, December 13, 1924, March 28, 1925

FOLDER : 63.

World Alliance for International Friendship Through the Churches News Letter; October 1, 1924

FOLDER : 64.

News Release: War Profits and Patriotism: Letter of Amos Pinchot to Conference Committee of Senate
and House of Representatives; September 18, 1917

FOLDER : 65.

Notes; undated

Pamphlets

FOLDER : 66.

Christianity on Trial, by William Adams Brown; undated

FOLDER : 67.

The Church in War Time, by John Haynes Holmes and Harvey Dee Brown; Church of the Messiah, New York City,
1917

FOLDER : 68.

The Churches of America Mobilizing for World Justice and World Peace: Movements for
the Outlawry of War, Commission on International Justice and Good Will of the Federated Council of the
Churches of Christ in America; 1924

FOLDER : 69.

The Danger and the Duty of the Present Hour in America, by Henry Neumann, Leader, Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture; 1917

FOLDER : 70.

The Facts About Conscientious Objectors in the United States, National Civil Liberties Bureau; 1918, with photocopy

FOLDER : 71.

The Fellowship of Reconciliation; undated

FOLDER : 72.

Freedom of Speech and of the Press: Striking Passages from Distinguished Champions
of Freedom of Expression, selected by John Haynes Holmes; 1918

FOLDER : 73.

The God of Battles, or the Religion of War, by John Haynes Holmes; Church of the Messiah, New York City, 1915

FOLDER : 74.

The Gospel of War, by James W. Johnson; 1905

FOLDER : 75.

The Great Lesson of War, by Edwin Davies Schoonmaker; reprinted from The World Storm- -and Beyond, courtesy of the author and Century Co., New York; undated

FOLDER : 76.

The Hate That Heals, by William C. Gannett; 1918

FOLDER : 77.

The Individual and the State: The Problem as Presented by the Sentencing of Roger
N. Baldwin; published by Emily Green Balch, Ruth S. Baldwin, and 25 others, 1918

FOLDER : 78.

Is Permanent and Universal Peace To Be Desired?, by John Haynes Holmes; Church of the Messiah, 1915

FOLDER : 79.

Is War Ever Justifiable?, by John Haynes Holmes; Church of the Messiah, 1915

FOLDER : 80.

Judgment and Justice, by Arthur D. Hall; Unity Society, New York City, undated

FOLDER : 81.

The League for Industrial Democracy, June 1923-June 1924, A Year of Achievement, by Harry W. Laidler, Secretary; 1924

FOLDER : 82.

Leo Tolstoy, by John Haynes Holmes; Church of the Messiah, 1911

FOLDER : 83.

Liberty in War Time, by Alice Edgerton; reprinted from The New York Evening Post,
December 20, 1917

Book Review: The Living Jesus: The Words of Jesus of Nazareth, Uttered Through the Medium Frederick
A. Wiggin; George Sully and Co., New York, reviewed by unidentified author, undated

FOLDER : 2.

Clippings; photocopies, 1920, 1922-1923, 1925, undated

FOLDER : 3.

Magazine: The Ambassador, published by The Murray Press, Boston; September 1923

FOLDER : 4.

Notes; undated

Pamphlets

FOLDER : 5.

The Case of Billy Sunday: His Arraignment on Serious Charges, and Self-Conviction
of Guilt, An Open Letter to the Clergy, by James F. Morton, Jr. and Franklin Steiner; published by The Truth Seeker, New York, ca. 1915

FOLDER : 6.

The New Knowledge and the Christian Faith, by Harry Emerson Fosdick; reprinted from a sermon preached at First Presbyterian Church,
New York, May 21, 1922

FOLDER : 7.

Other Religions--and Ours, Five Addresses on the Great Religions of the World, by Alson H. Robinson; 1923

FOLDER : 8.

The Religion of the Future, by Charles W. Eliot; American Unitarian Association, Boston, 1909

Adjunct Descriptive Data

Addendum to the Papers of Frank Carleton Doan in the Dartmouth College Library

September 1997

Introduction

The Addendum to the Papers of Frank Carleton Doan (MS-819) was a gift to the Dartmouth
College Library in August 1997, from the Reverend Doan's granddaughter, Cynthia H.
Barton. Although only one box of materials, this gift fills in some of the gaps in
the original 1996 collection. In particular, the clippings, correspondence, petition
of support from Doan's parishioners, and the original holograph text of the Palm Sunday,
1917 sermon he preached against U.S. involvement in World War I, clear up the controversy
only hinted at in the original collection.

Here, too, are some of the extremely introspective journals kept by the Reverend Doan,
journals he relied on to keep him in touch with his life-goals. How well he succeeded
may be judged by the several admiring tributes to his memory written by friends and
peers after his death in 1927.

Further information concerning Frank Carleton Doan and the Doan family, may be found
in Special Collections in Webster Hall.

Letter to Frank Carleton Doan, offering him the pastorate of All Souls' Church for
one year; 1919

FOLDER : 5.

Membership cards in the Socialist Party of America; Pennsylvania 1910-1912, New Jersey 1919

FOLDER : 6.

Petition of support, signed by All Souls' congregation, to persuade Doan to withdraw
his resignation; undated

Photographs

FOLDER : 7.

Charles H. Doan, father of Frank Carleton Doan; 1900

FOLDER : 8.

Frank Carleton Doan; undated

FOLDER : 9.

Frank Carleton Doan, in Harvard room, with roommate; undated

FOLDER : 10.

Frank Carleton Doan, with 4 other young men; undated

FOLDER : 11.

Interior of All Souls' Church, Summit, New Jersey; undated

Tributes to Frank Carleton Doan

FOLDER : 12.

Are You Doomed To Be Saved? (A Sermon of and about Frank Carleton Doan, Minister of
this Church 1914-1921), by Dr. Jacob Trapp; in the Community Church, Summit, New Jersey, March 6, 1955, mimeo, with a note to Isabel Doan